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Published:

January 29, 2016

Series:

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report ; v. 62, no. 3, p. 55-58

Description:

On January 22, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr). : Zika virus is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that was first identi- fied in Uganda in 1947 (1). Before 2007, only sporadic human disease case...

The introduction and spread of West Nile virus and the recent introduction of chikungunya and Zika viruses into the Americas have raised concern about the potential for various tropical pathogens to become established in North America. A historical a...